The unflattering comparison to the character was made during an interview on Absolute Radio, where Liam said Noel’s ‘annoying’ personality made Mr Bean the perfect choice to play him in a movie.

He said:

Mr. Bean for Noel, because he’s annoying, isn’t he?

You just want to punch his f*cking head in and be like, ‘Stop f*cking about mate.’

And the actor to play Liam himself?

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The Manc rocker continued:

I don’t want to go down the sexy hunky route, so none of that Tom Hardy nonsense for me. Rhys Ifans would be good for me.

He’s a bit out there. Rhys and Mr. Bean. There you go.

While the casting Liam speaks of is unlikely to happen, Rowan is set to appear in the third instalment of his spy-comedy series, Johnny English next year, so expect to see his face plastered all over buses.

Rowan is a bit uncertain about his monumental fame and has even called his popularity ‘disturbing’.

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He said:

It’s bizarre. I try not to think about it too much. If I ever do stop and dwell on how well known my face is, in so many obscure places of the world, then I think I would find it quite disturbing?

Well that’s what you get when you’re a comedy genius about ten times over.